FACE RECOGNITION does not work on Android platform and Huawei EMUI

[despotes]

Description

The FACE RECOGNITION is currently not functioning properly on two Android devices:

1. Samsung A42 5G running Android 12
2. Huawei P40 Lite with EMUI 12.0 (based on Android 10)

This feature was working correctly on the Samsung A42 5G device when using version 2.1.4 of the library, but not on Huawei device and we tried to update the library to 3.0.1

Now we are using:

{
  // ...
  "react-native-biometrics": "^3.0.1",
  "react-native": "0.66.0",
  // ...
}

When only enabling FACE RECOGNITION at the operating system level, the values of available and biometryType returned by the isSensorAvailable method are false and undefined, respectively.

const rnBiometrics = new ReactNativeBiometrics();
const { available, biometryType } = await rnBiometrics.isSensorAvailable();
console.log('biometrics available:',  available)
console.log('biometrics type: ', biometryType)

Expected Behaviour

The FACE RECOGNITION feature should be functioning properly on both devices, with the available value being set to true and the biometryType being set to the correct type (e.g. biometrics).

Additional Context

Please note that the values of available and biometryType are correctly displayed when setting fingerprint recognition on the device. The problem occurs only if we set ONLY FACE RECOGNITION. This suggests that the issue is specific to the face recognition functionality.

Also, if we have both authentication methods set on our device, the library let use utilize only FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION.

[MDG-MMeksasi]

https://github.com/SelfLender/react-native-biometrics/issues/125#issuecomment-1139705609 I don't know if that's a correct answer

[phamhieu1412]

same iss on oppo and samsung device, :((, what is your solution??

[minkiapps]

OEM ilke Huawei doesn't support face recognition in default biometric API like androidx.biometric. You have to use Huawei Fidokit and builld your own UI for that. Look at my example.

[ferasabufares]

@despotes did you find any solution for this ?

[ZukaGap]

Try this patch, working both face id and finger print

https://github.com/ZukaGap/react-native-biometrics-3.0.1/tree/main

[YanaSyritskaya]

@ZukaGap Hi, the patch is not working, getting [Error: Error displaying local biometric prompt: isRequiredConfirmation]. Has anybody found the solution?

[leovido]

@ZukaGap Hi, the patch is not working, getting [Error: Error displaying local biometric prompt: isRequiredConfirmation]. Has anybody found the solution?

I get the same error on a Xiaomi device

[usmanabid94]

Hi, Unable to do face recognition on Samsung pixel or sony device does this library actually supports using facial recognition for android devices??

[learncourse555]

Hi @despotes , Have u gotten fix for the issue ??